As mentioned
previously, Australia is fortunate to be home to more than one million
(1,000,000) species of animals. To make it easier to study these animals,
biologists have divided the animals into a number of different groups.
In the same way we classify types of transport (Land, Water, Air and Space),
we classify animals into 6 groups. They are:

This session of the unit
will look at what these names mean and we will begin to classify animals
into their groups. By the end of this session, you should know what the
difference between each group is and be able to list some animals in each
category. Make sure you carefully read all the information before each
activity.

What you need to do...

* To complete this session,
you need to work through each activity listed below.

Visit the "web site"
for the categories listed above. If you click on any name it will take
you to that site. PRINT out a copy of the site and paste it into
your Unit Book when you have read it.

Locate and open the "Animal
List" file on the Junior School Server. This file contains a
list of Australian animals in no particular order.
PRINT out this
file and keep it with your Unit Book.

Once you have read the information
on each of the categories above, you should be able to classify each animal.
You can do this on a "ClarisWorks"
Spreadsheet. A pre-made spreadsheet
may also be found on the
Junior School Server. Open the file "Animal
Classification" and type each animal into it's appropriate category.
SAVE your spreadsheet into the "Classification" folder on
the Junior School Server.

Continue to search
the internet for "web sites" on Australian animals. Record in
your Unit Book the URL's of any that you find.

Begin your "Research Project".
By now you should have collected a few "web sites" with information
about native Australian animals. Use the information you find at these
sites to help compile your project. Revisit the Research
Project link. It has plenty of helpful information.

Email your teacher when you
have completed all of the above activities.

Checklist:Have you done these things:

Activity:

- Visited the "Animal
Categories" web sites and printed out the information?

...

- Printed out the "Animal
List" from the Junior School Server?

...

- Completed the "Animal
Classification" spreadsheet and saved it to the JS Server?